Work in Progress

I am working with "forgotten" WWII troops. These are my version for the amusement, of the Dutch in East Indian. It took a lot of work to make the Madsen short-barreled machine gun used by them. Hope you like it.

Very nice and realistic looking figures, Jacques. Indeed a very rare subject. These KNIL Troops (Royal Netherlands Indies Army) were very good in supressing local uprisings, but were no match for the Japanese.

An interesting addition to the figures would be th so-called Klewang, a short sabre, based on the local type of machete that was used for field craft and combat. It was often worn by KNIL troops.

Hi , friends.Thanks for the comments and information.Mickey, good to know your grandfather was there.The use of the saber seems to me to have been more used by the native troops. In future design, I will make some natives with smaller figures. These were made of carved and converted parts.

Jaques wrote:The use of the saber seems to me to have been more used by the native troops.

If I am right, miltary police, and (subaltern) officers were wearing the government issued Klewang as a standard. I think native troops used locally sourced Klewangs.By the way, I think most unit of the Knil were of mixed origin. Officers and Subaltern officers of Dutch and mixed descendence, and the rank and file recruited from the local population.

I'm not a figures dealer. I do for fun, but I send the to the friends of the forum, figures that I do. Send me a private message, your address. Until the month of January 2019, I'll try to make more Dutch figures and send them to you.

huib wrote:Very nice and realistic looking figures, Jacques. Indeed a very rare subject. These KNIL Troops (Royal Netherlands Indies Army) were very good in supressing local uprisings, but were no match for the Japanese.

An interesting addition to the figures would be th so-called Klewang, a short sabre, based on the local type of machete that was used for field craft and combat. It was often worn by KNIL troops.

Huib, the KNIL was no match for the Japanese, indeed. The problem was, that Indonesia is, even now a days, verry hard to defend, due to its large coast lines. Yet, it took Japan a lot of effort to completely conquer the Dutch-Indies.